Are you following in the footsteps of Radu Drăgușin?! » The Romanian U18 international was loaned to Sampdoria until the summer
Article by Daniel Scorpie – Published Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 3:26 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 3:28 p.m.
Juventus will send Fabio Bădărău (17 years old) to Sampdoria until the end of this season. The central defender, born in Italy to Romanian parents, was loaned without the Blues team having the option to buy him in six months.
The U18 international, with three selections under the command of Ion Marin, all as starters in friendly matches last fall against Turkey, Portugal and Spain, could be legitimized for the team that is in 16th place (play-out) after 19 stages.
The mercato specialist Nicolo Schira perfects in all the details the transfer of Badărău, who this season played only four times for Juventus U20, two of which in the Primavera championship.
Fabio Bădărăua signed his first professional contract with Juventus on July 10, 2025
Fabio Bădărău follows in the footsteps of Radu Drăgușin. Also a central defender, the current Tottenham stopper played for five months in the 2021-2022 season at Sampdoria. With the Genoese team, he ticked off 712 minutes, from 15 matches.
Radu Drăgușin also played at Sampdoria. And Andrei Coubiș was loaned this season, but did not debut in Serie B!
In the current season, another Romanian junior was loaned to Sampdoria. Andrei Coubiș, also a central defender, was sold under the same formula, by AC Milan.
The U21 international did not get to debut for the Serie B team, so he returned and was sent to play at Cluj University until the summer.
Radu Drăgușin, four years ago, in a match at Sampdoria against Juventus in the Coppa Italia / Photo: Imago
In March 2023, when Bădărău was first called up to the U15 national team, for a friendly with Montenegro, the junior told GSP.ro: “When my father went to football with his friends, he took me too, that's how I started to love football.
Now I'm at Juventus, a big club in Italy, and I hope to play for the first team one day. When I received the call-up for the Romanian national team, I was very happy with my family, my father is my biggest fan”.
